Tony awards 2013: Matilda and Kinky Boots musicals go head to head

With the Tony awards four days away, the battle between Matilda and Kinky Boots is closer than ever, after the two musical favourites split the honours at the US equivalent of the Whatsonstage awards.

The BroadwayWorld.com awards , voted for by theatregoers, crowned the RSC's Matilda best musical, but its tally of five gongs was trumped by the seven won by Cyndi Lauper's musical Kinky Boots.

Matilda also won the prizes for best book (Dennis Kelly), direction (Matthew Warchus), lighting design (Hugh Vanstone) and scenic design (Rob Howell), but lost out to its rival in best score and choreography. Billy Porter won best leading actor in a musical, beating Matilda's Bertie Carvel, who has been widely praised for his performance as Miss Trunchbull.

Scottish actor Alan Cumming was a surprise omission from the Tony nominations, but that didn't stop him winning best leading actor at the BroadwayWorld.com awards for Macbeth. The National Theatre of Scotland production was also named best revival, with John Tiffany and Andrew Goldberg taking the award for best direction of a play. Fergus O'Hare also won for his sound design.